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<[[Anonymous]]> whatcausescharlesbonnetsyndrome
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<[[Brennen]]> Darn fine question, that. I don't even remember what it is...
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<[[Anonymous]]> what are the symptons
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<[[Brennen]]> Wikipedia sez: '''Charles Bonnet syndrome''' ('''CBS''') is named after the Swiss [[NaturalHistory|naturalist]] [[Charles Bonnet]]. In 1760 he described a condition in which vivid, complex visual hallucinations (fictive visual percepts) occur in mentally healthy people. He first documented it in his 87 year old grandfather, who was nearly blind from [[cataracts]] in both [[eye]]s but perceived men, women, birds, carriages, buildings, tapestries and scaffolding patterns. Most who are affected by this are people with visual impairments due to old age, damage to the eyes or optic pathways.
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<[jean]> Please would you
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be kind enough to give me help with finding further information about this syndrome.
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<[Brennen]> Unfortunately, I don't know much about it. Google and Wikipedia would be my first stops.
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The Wikipedia article mentions a book called ''[http://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Human/dp/0688172172/ Phantoms in the Brain]'', by V. S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee, with a foreword by Oliver Sacks. I'm not sure if this is the kind of thing you're looking for.
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There's a [http://info.rnib.org.uk/Agencies/allagencies.htm database of support agencies for people with vision loss] that might be helpful.
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